The Living Water

John 4:1-30

Ezekiel sees in a vision a

“spring of pure water”

forming a river and flowing through the

dry wilderness of Judaea

Ezekiel 47:1

Ezekiel saw that

wherever the river

flowed life came to the

barren desert

“Water from the river does two

things:It gives life and it

heals.The life it

produces will not “fade”, and that which it heals

will live forever. “Ezekiel 47:9

Excerpt from Michael Wilcox “House of Glory”

Jesus leaves Judaea

for Galilee

and goes

through SamariaJohn 4:3-4

Samaritan territory

Near the city Sychar in Samaria Jesus and his

disciples stop for the night. The disciples leave to find

food in the nearby city.

John 4:8

Being weary, Jesus sits at Jacob’s Well near the parcel of ground that Jacob

gave to his son Joseph

John 4:5-6

A woman of Samaria comes to draw water from the well.

John 4:7

Jesus asks for a drink

John 4:7

The woman wonders why he would accept a drink from a

Samaritan

John 4:9

“…if thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to

thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him,

and he would have given thee living water.”

John 4:9

The woman does not understand about the living

water

John 4:11

She understands that Jacob and his family used the well.

John 4:12

“…Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:

John 4:13-14

…but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst…”

…but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up

into everlasting life.”

John 4:14

The Living water is the gospel of Jesus

Christ; its communicator is the Holy Ghost.

The living water also

nourishes. He gives us rest. He sustains us when we are

weary. Matthew 11:28

The Living waters can bring peace and joy even when the

wellspring within us seems to have

dried.

The Samaritan woman, once she recognized Him, listened to His

words. Then she was able to be

humble enough to drink of the water

and be healed.John 4:24-

26Kathleen H. Hughes “Blessed by Living Water 2003 April General

Conference

Believing, the woman took her pot and went to tell her

people about the “Messias” who had

come.

John 4:24-28

Everlasting Life“…the gospel of

Jesus Christ heals broken hearts,

infuses meaning into lives, binds

loved ones together with ties that

transcend mortality, and bring to life a

sublime joy. “Joseph B. Wirthlin 2006 April

General Conference

“Therefore with joy shall

ye draw water out of the wells of salvation”Isaiah 12:3

Jacob’s well

The Living Water